NOTICE AND AGENDA

 

SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

TUESDAY, May 17, 2005

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 456 WEST OLIVE AVENUE

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA 

 

6:00 P.M. SPECIAL MEETING (STUDY SESSION)

 

1.      Call to Order in the West Conference Room (Open to the Public)

2.      Roll Call

3.      Convene Study Session – Mathilda Overcrossing Project

4.      Adjourn Special Meeting

 

7:00 P.M. REGULAR MEETING

(Per Council Policy, the City Council will not begin consideration of any agenda item after 11:30 p.m. without a vote. Any item on the agenda which must be continued due to the late hour shall be continued to a date certain. Some of the information provided herein could be subject to change from date of printing of the agenda to the date of the meeting.)

 

SALUTE TO THE FLAG

 

ROLL CALL

 

SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY

·         Recognition of Digital Club Network and Film Presentation, “Stories of Service”

·         Santa Clara County Association of Realtors’ 2005 Homewords Essay Contest Award Presentation         

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Speakers are limited to 3 minutes for announcements of community events, programs, or recognition.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1.A.

MOTION

Approval of Draft Minutes (Special Meeting of May 3, 2005 and

                                           Regular Meeting of May 10, 2005)

 

1.B.

MOTION

Approval of Information/Action Items - Council Directions to Staff

Fiscal Items

1.C.

MOTION

RTC 05-145

List of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager (List No. 247)

 

Staff Recommendation: Review the list of bills.

Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730-7380

 

1.D.

MOTION

RTC 05-144

2005 State of the City

 

Staff Recommendation: Approve in concept the plans for the State of the City event and approve carryover of allocated but unexpended funds.

Staff Contact: Adam Levermore-Rich, (408) 730-7575

 

1.E.

RESOLUTION

RTC 05-136

Adopt Resolution to Authorize the Filing of Fiscal Year 2005/2006 Transportation Development Act Article 3 Applications for Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects

 

Staff Recommendation: Staff and the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee recommend Alternative No. 1: Adopt the resolution authorizing the filing of a project application for the Calabazas Creek Trail Project with the VTA and MTC for allocation of Transportation Development Act funds for FY 2005/2006 for pedestrian /bicycle projects.

Staff Contact: Dieckmann Cogill, (408) 730-7415

Contracts

1.F.

MOTION

RTC 05-140

Award of Bid (F0402-36) for the Construction of a Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail on Calabazas Creek

 

Staff Recommendation: Award a contract, in substantially the same form as the attached draft and in the amount of $855,390 to Jones Bros. Enterprises, Inc., for construction of the Calabazas Creek Trail Project, and approve a project contingency in the amount of $121,033.

Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730-7380

 

1.G.

 

MOTION

RTC 05-147

Award of Contract for Job-Related Medical Services (F0405-66)

 

Staff Recommendation: Award one-year contract to The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., in the same form as the attached draft and with an option to extend the contract for four additional periods, to provide job-related medical services.

Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730-7380

 

1.H.

MOTION

RTC 05-141

Award of Contract for Hewlett-Packard Hardware and Software Support for Various Financial Systems

 

Staff Recommendation: Award a one-year contract, in substantially the same form as the attached draft and in an amount not to exceed $74,028 (plus tax) to Hewlett-Packard Company for “Personalized System Support” for HP computer equipment and systems.

Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730-7380

 

1.I.

 

MOTION

RTC 05-150

Award of Contract for Design and Construction Support Services for Modification of the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems at the Public Safety Building (F0402-34)

 

Staff Recommendation: Award a contract, in substantially the same form as the attached draft and in an amount not to exceed $117,250, to AEPC Group, LLC, to provide design and construction support services for the modification and improvement of the heating, ventilating and air conditioning at the Public Safety Building.

Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408)730-7380

CITIZENS TO BE HEARD

 

This category is limited to 15 minutes, with a maximum of three minutes per speaker.  If you wish to address the Council, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the City Clerk. If your subject is not on the agenda, you will be recognized at this time; but the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by Council Members.  If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by Council.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

2.

 

MOTION

RTC 05-152

Study Issue on Fluoridation of Drinking Water

 

Staff Recommendation: Accept the fluoridated water from SFPUC with no additional fluoridation effort at this time.

Staff Contact: Jim Craig, (408) 730-7510

 

3.

 

MOTION

RTC 05-151

Appeal of an Application for a Parcel Map to Merge Two 1.7-Acre Sites to Allow the Subdivision of Two Existing Industrial Buildings into Eight Individual Industrial Condominium Units on One Common Lot for Sites Located at 256 and 292 Gibraltar Drive in an MP-TOD (Moffett Park Transit Oriented Development) Zoning District

 

Staff Recommendation: Grant the appeal and deny the parcel map.

Staff Contact: Jamie McLeod, (408) 730-7429

4.

 

MOTION

RTC 05-148

Application for Rezone from R-2 (Low-Medium Density Residential) Zoning District to R-2/PD (Low-Medium Density Residential/Planned Development) Zoning District, Special Development Permit to Construct Two Single-Family Homes, and Parcel Map to Subdivide One Lot Into Two Lots at 485 East McKinley

 

Staff Recommendation: Continue to June 14, 2005.

Staff Contact: Ryan Kuchenig, (408) 730-7431

 

5.

MOTION

RTC 05-149

Application for a Use Permit on a 28,459 Square-foot Site to Allow a Covered Equipment Area for a Total Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 43% for a Site Located at 715 North Pastoria Avenue in a M-S (Industrial and Service) Zoning District (Mitigated Negative Declaration)

 

Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions.

Staff Contact: Jamie McLeod, (408) 730-7429

 

6.

MOTION

RTC 05-143

Gun Amnesty Program – Council Study Issue (DPS #2)

 

Staff Recommendation: Continue the existing weapon destruction program and promote the program through the Communications Division of the Office of the City Manager; and partner with any local law enforcement agency in any future event.

Staff Contact: Craig Farley, (408) 730-7157

 

7.

MOTION

RTC 05-157

Approval of Conceptual Design of Frances Street Transit Center Project

 

Staff Recommendation: Approve the conceptual design of the Frances Street Transit Corridor as recommended by staff.

Staff Contact: Dieckmann Cogill, (408) 730-7415

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

 

  • COUNCIL

  • STAFF

INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS

 

·         Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar

·         Board of Library Trustees Unapproved Minutes of May 9, 2005

·         RTC 05-146 – Special Appeal Report of the Administrative Hearing Agenda of May 4, 2005

 

ADJOURNMENT TO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

ROLL CALL

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

RA - 1.A.

MOTION

Approval of Draft Minutes (April 26, 2005)

CITIZENS TO BE HEARD

This category is limited to 15 minutes, with a maximum of three minutes per speaker.  If you wish to address the Redevelopment Agency, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the Agency Clerk. If your subject is not on the agenda, you will be recognized at this time; but the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by the Redevelopment Agency.  If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by the Redevelopment Agency.

PUBLIC HEARING/GENERAL BUSINESS 

RA - 2.

resolution

RDA 05-007

 

Authorization to Initiate an Amendment to the Sunnyvale Redevelopment Plan for the Central Core Redevelopment Project Area to Increase the Limit on Tax Increment Collection for the Plan

 

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the resolution.

Staff Contact: Brice McQueen, (408) 730-7284

 ADJOURNMENT

Notice to the Public:

 

City Council agenda information is available by calling SunDial at (408) 774-0262, Code 122.  The agenda reports to council (RTCs) may be viewed on the City’s web site at http://sunnyvale.ca.gov, or at the Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, after 6:00 p.m. on the Fridays prior to Tuesday City Council meetings.  Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (408)730-7483 for specific questions regarding the agenda.

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if you file a lawsuit challenging any final decision on any public hearing item listed in this agenda, the issues in the lawsuit may be limited to the issues which were raised at the public hearing or presented in writing to the City Clerk at or before the public hearing.  PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.6 imposes a 90-day deadline for the filing of any lawsuit challenging final action on an agenda item which is subject to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5.

 

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (408) 730-7483.  Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (29 CRF 35.104 ADA Title II)

 

GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL

 

Public Announcements – Beginning of Council Meeting

§         3 minutes or less per speaker.

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Recognition of a special achievement.

§         Announcement of public event with definite time and date.

§         Public events that are of community-wide interest that occur on annual basis.

(only announce one time).

Public Hearings – Order of Hearing as Follows:

§         Opening remarks by the applicant (if applicable).

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Anyone interested in addressing the Council (may only speak one time).

§         Closing remarks by the applicant (if applicable).

§         Time limit of 3 minutes per person (to be extended at discretion of Mayor).  Please make comments brief and be prepared to provide new input. 

 

Citizens to be Heard

§         Any item relevant to the City of Sunnyvale.

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Speakers are to turn in a Speaker Card to the City Clerk.

§         Items not on the agenda.

§         Items that do not fall within the scope of the Public Announcement section.

§         Time limit of 3 minutes, 15 minutes total for this category (to be extended or continued to end of Council business, at the discretion of the Mayor).  Limit to one appearance during this section.

 

Planning a presentation for a Council Meeting?

To assist you in utilizing the technology available in the Council Chambers, the publication “How to Make Your Presentation More Effective” may be helpful. Copies are available on the table located in the back of the Council Chambers prior to scheduled City Council and Planning Commission meetings.  You may also pick up a copy at

the City Clerk’s Office or the One Stop Permit Center during normal business hours, or visit the City’s web site at http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/. 

If you wish to provide the City Council with copies of any handout materials you are presenting, please provide 12 copies of the materials to the City Clerk (located to the left of the Council dais).  The City Clerk will pass your materials to the Council.

 

SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETINGS

DATE

MEETING

TIME

PLACE

May 23, 2005

Special Council Meeting: Budget Workshop

8:30  a.m.

Council Chambers

June 7, 2005

Study Session: Intergovernmental Relations Update

6       p.m.

West Conf. Room

June 7, 2005

Council Meeting

7       p.m.

Council Chambers

June 8, 2005

Special Council Meeting: Boards and Commissions Interviews

6       p.m.

West Conf. Room

June 14, 2005

Joint Study Session with Parks & Recreation Commission and Arts Commission

6       p.m.

Council Chambers

June 14, 2005

Council Meeting

7       p.m.

West Conf. Room

June 15, 2005

Special Council Meeting: Boards and Commissions Interviews

6       p.m.

West Conf. Room

OTHER SCHEDULED MEETINGS

May 18, 2005

Arts Commission Meeting

7        p.m.

Council Chambers

May 19, 2005

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting

6:30   p.m.

West Conf. Room

May 23, 2005

Planning Commission Study Session

7        p.m.

West Conf. Room

May 23, 2005

Planning Commission Public Hearing

8        p.m.

Council Chambers

May 25, 2005

NOVA Workforce Board Meeting

12:00 p.m.

NOVA Board Room

May 25, 2005

Administrative Hearing

2        p.m.

West Conf. Room

May 25, 2005

Parks and Recreation Commission Study Session

6:30   p.m.

Community Center Boardroom

May 25, 2005

Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting